Thread: Craig Thomson

What a joke!

A year in jail for stealing $24,538 sounds about right to me.
The maximum penalty for general dishonesty is five years.

http://www.cdpp.gov.au/wp-content/up...ruction-07.pdf

His conduct was despicable, but there are plenty of people around who have been accused of misconduct involving much larger sums of money.
I noticed the magistrate was scathing of Thompson's conduct, but also said he had a right to be treated equally under the law.
So much vitriol has been poured on Thompson that its a good thing this case was considered by a dispassionate judge, as it would have been impossible to find an unbiased jury to consider this case because of all the publicity.
Maybe the judgement will cause the members of the lynch mob to reconsider if they have been exploited for political reasons.

Thomson gets year jail, partly suspended | SBS News

Note: I have deliberately not made any party political references in this post, as per the rules of General Chat.

I don't know if he really needs to go to gaol.

All priveledges gained as member of parliament should certainly be taken away.

His chances of ever gaining employment again are about nil.

I dont know what prison sentence is going to achieve except to appease people who are angry.

3 months is going to change anything?

Does he have a support base excepting legal teams....money...money...money.

I think a better sentence could be work for the dole for charities etc.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

A year in jail for stealing $24,538 sounds about right to me.
The maximum penalty for general dishonesty is five years.

I agree with the above, but he only got three months.

Originally Posted by ugu80

He is free on bail pending an appeal against the severity of his sentence.

how is this right he has been given a jail sentence , the people in the union that he lead were paying $100 + a year in fees if they like it or not he blows it in brothels and he gets a jail sentence but thumbs his nose up at everyone and is walking around free whilst the people he has been duping are working their heart out paying bills and keeping a roof over there heads doing an honest days work

thats the legal system.......

Doesn't he also have the potential of being charged with lying to parliament?

When the cameras go away... so will his supporters, including family and wife and ex-wife and all.

He will not live very well for the rest of his days.